A Florida Time reader shares an ironic memory about JByrons Drugs mentioned in Eliot Kleinberg's "Florida's Lost Businesses" column. He also shares memories of other lost businesses in the state.
- Florida's Lost Businesses: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/zz/business/20200206/florida-time-from-burdines-to-eckerd-drugs-mdash-some-of-floridarsquos-lost-businesses
Transcript preview: " I'd like to add a couple of stores to my memories of South Florida and one ironic memory is that Byron's drugs was actually was owned by Eckerd Drugs and then later on sold to a private family home..."
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